When Jazz Players Improvise, MRI Scans Show ______

question 52

Multiple Choice

When jazz players improvise, MRI scans show ______.

• A)no differences in brain activity
• B)that musicians tended to switch off the self-censoring part of their brain
• C)that musicians tended to switch off the self-censoring part of their brain giving them the ability to express themselves without restriction
• D)the music was better

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

A training process involving the correlation between a stimulus from the environment and one that occurs inherently.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has been repeatedly paired with an unconditioned stimulus.

Operant

A term used in the science of behavior to describe an action or behavior that operates on the environment to produce consequences.

Classical

Pertaining to the first significant period or highest standard within any discipline; in psychology, often refers to conditions or experiments that form the basis of behaviorism, such as classical conditioning.